Our fifth panel in the
series explores Indo-Persian musical confluence in Sufi music from Pakistan and
India known as Qawwali.
Panelists: Wajiha
Naqvi (singer/scholar, Karachi, Pakistan); Dhruv Sangari (singer/scholar,
Delhi, India); Shahwar Kibria Maqfi (UCLA)
Chair and Discussant: Peter
Manuel (CUNY)
Performance: Saami
Brothers Qawwal
Project Leader: Mohsen Mohammadi
Timelog:
00:00:00-00:06:28
Welcome and Introduction
00:06:28-00:42:11
Wajiha Naqvi Presentation
00:42:11-01:25:38
Dhruv Sangari Presentation
01:25:38-02:10:30
Shahwar Kibria Maqfi Presentation
02:10:30-02:52:24
Q&A Section
02:52:24-02:58:47
Break
02:58:47-03:33:26
Saami Brothers Qawwal Performance
03:33:26-03:33:53
Closing Remarks
About the Event Series: The Indo-Persian Musical Confluence
Symposium presents a series of performances, workshops, and presentations by
academics, independent scholars, musicians and artists whose work relates
to Indo-Persian musical cultures, including the Indian subcontinent,
Central Asia and Iran. This collective
exploration of the Indo-Persian musical exchange aims to give new prominence to
its contemporary legacy while enhancing musical relationships, collaborations,
and comparative research. Visit the symposium website here: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/indo-persian-musical-confluence/.
Event Co-Sponsors: UCLA Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian
Music, UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, UCLA Center for Musical Humanities
and the Joyce S. and Robert U. Nelson Funds, UCLA Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar
Chair in Iranian Studies, UCLA Iranian Studies Program, UCLA Center for India
and South Asia, The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies